diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Server.php b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
index 96872c761..1917b4b8b 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Server.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Server.php
@@ -1657,12 +1657,11 @@ class Server{
 			LevelProviderManager::addProvider(Anvil::class);
 			LevelProviderManager::addProvider(McRegion::class);
 			LevelProviderManager::addProvider(PMAnvil::class);
+			LevelProviderManager::addProvider(LevelDB::class);
 			if(extension_loaded("leveldb")){
 				$this->logger->debug($this->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.debug.enable"));
-				LevelProviderManager::addProvider(LevelDB::class);
 			}
 
-
 			Generator::addGenerator(Flat::class, "flat");
 			Generator::addGenerator(Normal::class, "normal");
 			Generator::addGenerator(Normal::class, "default");
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/leveldb/LevelDB.php b/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/leveldb/LevelDB.php
index 0008eddec..e691c0d59 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/leveldb/LevelDB.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/level/format/io/leveldb/LevelDB.php
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ class LevelDB extends BaseLevelProvider{
 	/** @var \LevelDB */
 	protected $db;
 
+	private static function checkForLevelDBExtension(){
+		if(!extension_loaded('leveldb')){
+			throw new LevelException("The leveldb PHP extension is required to use this world format");
+		}
+	}
+
 	public function __construct(Level $level, string $path){
+		self::checkForLevelDBExtension();
+
 		$this->level = $level;
 		$this->path = $path;
 		if(!file_exists($this->path)){
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ class LevelDB extends BaseLevelProvider{
 			throw new LevelException("Invalid level.dat");
 		}
 
+
 		$this->db = new \LevelDB($this->path . "/db", [
 			"compression" => LEVELDB_ZLIB_COMPRESSION
 		]);
@@ -145,6 +154,8 @@ class LevelDB extends BaseLevelProvider{
 	}
 
 	public static function generate(string $path, string $name, int $seed, string $generator, array $options = []){
+		self::checkForLevelDBExtension();
+
 		if(!file_exists($path)){
 			mkdir($path, 0777, true);
 		}